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ARTICLE · 06 OCTOBER 2026

Selling Company Data For AI Training: What To Know Before You Say Yes

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AI developers are seeking new sources of training data, including internal operational data like Slack messages, emails, and company documents. Companies are now receiving offers to sell their workplace data, but such transactions raise complex legal questions around data rights, privacy commitments, employee protections, and long-term competitive risks that require careful evaluation before proceeding.

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AI developers are looking for new sources of AI training data. One hot source is internal operational data, such as company Slack or Teams messages, documents, tickets, and source code. Startups that are shutting down have been selling their Slack archives, email, and Jira tickets to AI developers. Operating companies are now getting the same calls. We are fielding a lot of questions from clients about whether, and how, they can say yes.

The highest-profile public example is Spirit Airlines. In August, Google won a bankruptcy auction for Spirit's internal business data with a $10 million bid. The proposed sale has drawn objections from Spirit's flight attendants' union and from a software vendor that says some of the data belongs to it. 

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